Vod

VOT

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Vodian, Vote, Votian, Votic, Votish

Dialects: East Vod, West Vod. Intelligible with Standard Estonian , of the northeast coast.

Genealogy:

Uralic
Finnic

Demographics: 68 (2010 census). Last speakers of East Vod dialect died in the 1960s. Ethnic population: 73.

Language Use: Prefer Russian [rus] in daily communication (Salminen 2007). Home. Elderly only (Salminen 2007). 100% also use Russian [rus].

Language Development: Dictionary.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Russian Federation